With a newly renovated bathroom, this 1-bedroom apartment is perfect for the single traveler. It is only a 15-minute walk from the downtown area. The apartment comes with free Wi-Fi and patio access., key advantages: central, comfortable, 1 large living/family room, , clean, well furnished, very comfortable, makes you feel at home, bright and inviting, The unit is conveniently located close to the downtown area of Essen, Walking distance into downtown Essen is only 15 minutes, There is parking in front of the house available for this object, Second floor, about 28 sqm, bed-/sitting-room, kitchen, bathroom. Ideal for one person, with a big, solid daybed for a second person. New shower bath. Fully equipped pantry kitchen with dining table.

Our apartments for professional visitorsWe offer a cozy refuge for after a hard day at the trade show. In our elegant, bright and friendly furnished apartments, you'll find everything you need to relax: comfortable beds, sofas, digital TV and new bathrooms.

* The kitchenette is fully equipped. You don’t have to worry about buying coffee, tea, sugar, salt or spices. You have access to washing machine and dryer, and there is an iron and an ironing board in every apartment. * All apartments are equipped with a large TV and a DVB-T (terrestrial digital television) receiver and CD player. You can also connect to our W-LAN. * Our apartments are non-smoking rooms. We do have a heart for addicts: they may smoke in the garden. * Right around the corner you can buy rolls first thing in the morning, and within 10 minutes' walk you can find groceries, discounters, bars and restaurants in the Rüttenscheid district (one neighborhood south of the city center).

Location Düsseldorf Airport:This unit is located conveniently near Düsseldorf Airport. From Düsseldorf Airport the distance to the unit at Norbertstrasse 57, 45131 Essen is about 25 km (15.6 miles), approximately a 18 minutes drive by car. In addition, there are good public transportation options available for Essen, in case you don't want to rent a car. At the top of this page is also a map with the exact location of the object.

Rate Summary: starting prices from USD $156-$123 for 1 person. 10% discount when staying 3 days or longer, or 20% when staying 7 days or longer!

Location:You really need only 90 seconds to reach the Messe (trade fair) Essen on foot. From the window of your apartment you can see the exhibition entrance. Driving, you reach the motorway A 52 as fast as that, taking you to the Messe Düsseldorf in about 20-30 minutes.

Directions:If you want to reach us by car, just enter Norbertstraße 57, 45131 Essen, into your navigation system or route planner and follow the instructions.

Arriving by train, take a taxi or the underground U 11 to the end of the line. You will be here in six minutes.Taking the train from Frankfurt Airport to EssenIt is easy to take a direct train from Frankfurt Airport to Essen. You can find suitable trains on the website of Deutsche Bahn (www.bahn.de). When you are on this page, you can change the language to English by clicking on the little German flag marked “Deutschland”. There you can enter the destinations as follows: In the "From" field enter "Frankfurt/Main/Flughafen". In "To" enter "Essen Hbf". The search will then return a list of results, where you can choose a connection.

You can see that there are trains that are relatively fast (those use the new high-speed track) and slower ones that go along the river Rhine, a scenic route. You will have to decide which is the better one for your family. The taxi from the main station in Essen to our house costs about 10 Euros.

You can always rent a car. Driving from Frankfurt Airport will take about 2.5 hours. It can be fun, if you enjoy the kind of driving that Germans do on the Autobahn. Some guests from other countries find it rather suicidal.Taking a car vs. public transport in the Rhein-Ruhr areaPublic transport is well developed in our area, and you can go everywhere quite easily. Especially with all timetables online, this is much easier than it used to be. On the other hand, sometimes it can be a drag to shift children from one train to the other, and driving a car may be more comfortable.

In the end, you have to decide yourself what is best for you and your children. Travelling on public transport is sometimes more interesting, and nobody has to concentrate on driving. With a car, it is easier to transport all the stuff that you sometimes need to keep the children happy.

Travel tips:Food and GroceriesRubens Kaffeerösterei:Address: Emmastraße 7, 45130 Essen, telephone: , opening times: Tuesday - Friday 10:00 - 14:00, 15:00 - 18:00 Saturday 10:00 - 14:00, homepage: - email: - Freshly roasted coffee, very wide selection, large number of teas, very nice people (speak English)Denn's Biomarkt:Address: Rüttenscheider Straße 49, 45128 Essen, telephone: , opening times: Monday - Friday 9:00 - 20:00 Saturday 8:00 - 18:00, homepage: - email: - Supermarket with a wide variety of "bio" products. Very acceptable prices.Konditorei Georg Eicker:Address: Bredeneyer Straße 107, 45133 Essen-Bredeney, telephone.: +49 (0) 201 41 26 81, 45133 Essen-Bredeney, opening times: Monday to Friday 7:00 - 18:30 Saturday 7:00 - 14:00, wide variety of self-produced breads, very good pieces of cakes or tarts, heavenly Schweineöhrchen (literally pig's ears, but trust us)Rüttenscheider Markt - Farmer's market:Address: Rüttenscheider Platz, 45130 Essen, opening times: Wednesday 08.00-13.00 Saturday 08.00-14.00, First rate farmer's market. Full range from locally produced vegetables, meat and poultry to French specialities. I buy lots of groceries every Saturday.Reinolsmann:Address: Rüttenscheider Straße 220, 45131 Essen, telephone: +49 (0)88, opening times: Monday to Friday 7.00-18.00 Saturdays 7.30-13.00, homepage: - email: - Good general range of products, some very nice, affordable deep frozen convenience products (made inhouse), good range of snacks for lunch.More travel info about Essen: Essen is situated in the center of the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia. Located on the Ruhr River, its population of approximately 580,000 (2008) makes it the 7th- or 8th-largest city in Germany. The city was appointed by the EU as the European Capital of Culture for 2010 on behalf of the whole Ruhr Area. Formerly one of Germany's most important coal and steel centers and historically linked to the centuries-old Krupp Iron Works, the city has developed a strong tertiary sector of industry and (sometimes together with nearby Duesseldorf) claims to be the desk of the Ruhr area. It is home to 13 of the 100 largest German corporations and is seat to several of the region's authorities.